Announcing "In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" with a Call for Submissions; Dear Holmes series continues; Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe Closes in on Stretch Goal #2
Belanger Books is excited to bring you a new anthology of mystery short stories for student readers inspired by the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The anthology is titled In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and will feature stories by student writers as well as professional authors. Net proceeds will go to the Beacon Society to help them expose more students to the original Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as newer stories about the great detective.
Requirements: All entries must be mysteries inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories. The mysteries can be traditional Sherlock Holmes stories, modern versions of Sherlock Holmes, original detective stories with characters similar to Holmes and Watson, or anything in between. The stories just need to clearly be inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon. Each submission should be at least 1,000 words in length , and be rated "PG" (i.e. suitable for a school library).
Authors retain the rights to their work.
Payment: Authors shall receive a paperback and electronic copy of In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for letting us use their work in the anthology.
Due Date: All entries must be received by March 15th, 2020.
Please send entries to mail@belangerbooks.com or to derrick@belangerbooks.com. Make sure to include your name (first and last), title of your story, story length, and attach your story as a word document. If you are a student also include your grade and name of your school. Writers included in the anthology will be announced in April. All authors will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology and will retain full rights to their stories. If you have questions please contact us at belangerbooks@gmail.com.
Dear Holmes is a very cool concept that all Sherlock Holmes and Mystery fans will love. Each week, a subscriber receives a letter in the mail from a client explaining their case. As each letter arrives, you learn more and more about the mystery, and at the end of the month, you receive a letter from Sherlock Holmes explaining the solution to the case.
Unlike typical mystery stories, a clever reader should be able to puzzle out the solution to the mystery before Holmes writes to you.
This is a fun series. My own story, "Return of the Ripper" was featured in June. My next story is scheduled to run in December. Give the series a try by getting a subscription today. For more information, click here.
Authors retain the rights to their work.
Payment: Authors shall receive a paperback and electronic copy of In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for letting us use their work in the anthology.
Due Date: All entries must be received by March 15th, 2020.
Please send entries to mail@belangerbooks.com or to derrick@belangerbooks.com. Make sure to include your name (first and last), title of your story, story length, and attach your story as a word document. If you are a student also include your grade and name of your school. Writers included in the anthology will be announced in April. All authors will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology and will retain full rights to their stories. If you have questions please contact us at belangerbooks@gmail.com.
Dear Holmes Series Continues
Dear Holmes is a very cool concept that all Sherlock Holmes and Mystery fans will love. Each week, a subscriber receives a letter in the mail from a client explaining their case. As each letter arrives, you learn more and more about the mystery, and at the end of the month, you receive a letter from Sherlock Holmes explaining the solution to the case.
Unlike typical mystery stories, a clever reader should be able to puzzle out the solution to the mystery before Holmes writes to you.
This is a fun series. My own story, "Return of the Ripper" was featured in June. My next story is scheduled to run in December. Give the series a try by getting a subscription today. For more information, click here.
Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe Campaign on Kickstarter
Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe continues to be a huge success on Kickstarter! There are ten days left in the campaign, and we are almost at our second stretch goal!
Imagine Sherlock Holmes solving cases where the clues include a mysterious cask of amontillado - the haunting cries of a raven - an unnerving asylum - a man's uncanny doppelgänger! These are just some of the stories in our new anthology Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.
You can learn more about the project and back it by clicking here.
Latest MX Anthology
After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign, Part XVI (Yes, that's 16!!!) of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories is now Available on Amazon and Amazon UK! This anthology has a horror focus to it. Fear not Holmes purists, ghosts still need not apply!
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| Here is the Table of Contents for the book. I am excited to not only have my story start off the anthology, but to be included in an anthology with the great Kareem Abdul Jabbar! |
That wraps up this blog post. Stay tuned for more information, including our final Kickstarter for the year!
--Derrick Belanger
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